there is no tax solution to this. it's a spending solution. and if this president doesn't want to go there, we're going to have to force it and we're going to have to force it over the debt ceiling. >> this is a guy walking into a crowded room and saying, "i have a bomb strapped to my chest, and if you don't give me what i want, i'm going to blow up everybody, including myself." and is that a credible threat? well, there're some pretty crazy people there. and it might be that they're willing to do it. but by the same token, obama cannot get into this because then you have government in the hands of -- never mind the constitution, the government is run by whoever is most willing to wreak havoc with our whole system of -- with the nation. we cannot allow ourselves to be blackmailed into spending cuts, partly because blackmail should not be part of how the u.s. operates, and partly because spending cuts would be disastrous right now. so obama's right to say he doesn't negotiate. i'd like to know exactly what he will do if it turns out that there